Changes in US Reforms and Moving West Texas, Mexican War, and Slavery

Changes in USReforms and Moving West

Texas, Mexican War, and Slavery

Economy&

Regional Differences

routine - long hours - strict

Lowell Textile Mills dominated New England

country girls moving to work in mills and make $

Social Movts

Independent Thinkers

RalphWaldo Emerson

founder of the Transcendental Mov’t

Henry David Thoreau

founder of the Transcendental Mov’t

Henry David Thoreau

Martin LutherKing

Ralph Waldo Emerson

2nd Great AwakeningReligious Revivals- each person should seek their own salvation

People should change themselves and society

Religious Revivals- each person should seek their own salvation

People should change themselves and society Abolitionists

become a strong movt. They seek to abolish or end slavery

William Lloyd Garrison Frederick Douglass

Former slave. Brilliant speaker. Very smart. No one could believe he had been a slave... he becomes leading black spokesman for abolition of slavery

Publisher of major abolitionist newspaper, The Liberator. Pushed for immediate end to slavery

Women’s Changing Role in

Society

1848 Declaration of Sentiments

Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Lucretia Mott Women meet at Seneca Falls, NY and declare they should have the same rights as men....it doesn’t go anywhere but it is the 1st organized effort to make women’s voices heard

1. Americans move to the Mexican land called Tejas (Texas)2. 1836 Eventually the American’s will want independence from the Mexican gov’t3. Texas will become its own country for 9 years4. 1846-1848 We fight a war with Mexico

Why Settlers Moved to Mexico and the Mexican territory of Texas

1836 Eventually the American’s will want independence from the Mexican gov’t

1836 Texas becomes it’s own country for 9 years

slavery...

Mexican American War

1846-1848 We fight a war with Mexico and then we allow Texas to enter the Union as a state

Mexican American War

America wins the Mexican American War 1846-1848

Americans Move West

1862 Homestead Act: 160 acres- free! if you live on it for 5 years and improve it. The race was on!

Let’s Review All The Territory Gained By The US In The 1800s

Adams -Onis Treaty

That Brings the Slavery Issue To Light

Changes in US Reforms and Moving West Texas, Mexican War, and Slavery

Documents

Impact of the Mexican Revolution on the Artson Murals: Rivera, Orozco, Siqueiros Mahon 2011 Music Literature Educational reforms of Vasconcelos

Second Great Awakening, Reforms, Manifest Destiny, Texas Annexation, Mexican-American War

mzzgonzalez.weebly.commzzgonzalez.weebly.com/.../mexican-american_war-notes.docx · Web viewWhen the Mexican government tried to end slavery in Texas, the Texans started a war for

The Civil War. The Nation Argues Winning Mexican American War Leads to Huge Land Gain – Slavery or No Slavery? Revisit the Missouri Compromise?

Renewing the Sectional Struggle: 1848-1854 Theme: The sectional conflict over the expansion of slavery that erupted after the Mexican War was temporarily

Mexico Souvenirs Mexican Hammocks Guayaberas Mexican Rugs Mexican Pewter Talavera Mexican Pottery Mexican Silver Mexican Shirts Mexican Shoes Mexican

Slavery and Anti-Slavery

CHAPTER 10 SECTIONAL CONFLICT INTENSIFIES. SLAVERY AND WESTERN EXPANSION The Mexican War opened vast new lands to American settlers. This increase in

Missouri Compromise Mexican Cession Polk = $2 million in “negotiation fees” 1st term Rep., David Wilmot (Penn) adds a “proviso” –No slavery or servitude

The Debate over Slavery. A.The Expansion of Slavery 1. Victory in Mexican war added over 500,000 miles to US and renewed the debate over slavery

Period 5 Term Review: Manifest Destiny, Antebellum, Civil ......Manifest Destiny Western Hemisphere Mexican-American War Slavery Western Resources American Indians Asia Enthusiasm

Causes of the Civil War When the nation gained new territory in the mid 1800s (Mexican American War), the slavery controversy intensified over whether

Chapter 10 Section 2 Notes The Mexican War and Slavery Extension

The Union in Peril. Conflict Over Status of Territories Wilmot Proviso (1846) fails to ban slavery from newly acquired Mexican territories Free Soil

African Slavery and Spanish Empire - history.berkeley.eduhistory.berkeley.edu/sites/default/files/JEAH_005_01_Schneider... · the Bourbon Reforms, 1713–1796 (New York: Cambridge

Mexican Prison Reforms: Rights Guarantees or Parchment ... · Much like the United States, Mexican prison history is marred by the inhumane treatment of prisoners, and a mindset that

I) Roots of Conflict A) Wilmot Proviso failed proposal to keep slavery out of the Mexican Cession (led to the “Gag Rule”)

QUESTION: SHOULD SLAVERY BE LEGAL IN THE MEXICAN CESSION? CALIFORNIA WANTS TO ENTER THE UNION AS A FREE STATE - UNBALANCE IN THE SENATE – SECESSION?

Unit 6 THE SECTIONAL CRISIS. The Problem of Slavery in the Mexican Cession Slavery traditionally kept out of politics Congressional power over slavery

Modern Slavery Statement - wickersleypt.org · Modern Slavery Statement Gov.uk – What is modern Slavery? Modern slavery is a serious crime. It encompasses slavery, servitude, and